Texas § 42A.602 MAXIMUM TERM OR TERMS OF CONFINEMENT.

Texas Statutes

§ 42A.602 — MAXIMUM TERM OR TERMS OF CONFINEMENT.

Texas § 42A.602

Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure

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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 42A.602 (2026).

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Art. 42A.602. MAXIMUM TERM OR TERMS OF CONFINEMENT.

(a)If a judge requires as a condition of community supervision or participation in a pretrial intervention program operated under Section 76.011 , Government Code, or a drug court program established under Chapter 123 , Government Code, or former law that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a community corrections facility, the term may not exceed 24 months.

(b)A judge who requires as a condition of community supervision that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a community corrections facility may not impose a subsequent term of confinement in a community corrections facility or jail during the same supervision period that, if added to the terms previously imposed, exceeds 36 months.

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Art. 42A.602. MAXIMUM TERM OR TERMS OF CONFINEMENT. (a) If a judge requires as a condition of community supervision or participation in a pretrial intervention program operated under Section 76.011 , Government Code, or a drug court program established under Chapter 123 , Government Code, or former law that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a community corrections facility, the term may not exceed 24 months.
(b) A judge who requires as a condition of community supervision that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a community corrections facility may not impose a subsequent term of confinement in a community corrections facility or jail during the same supervision period that, if added to the terms previously imposed, exceeds 36 months.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2017. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 977 (H.B. 351 ), Sec. 5(a), eff. September 1, 2017.